Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Instagram

American  
[in-stuh-gram] / ˈɪn stəˌgræm /
Trademark.
  1. the brand name for a photo- and video-sharing application and social media platform launched in 2010.


verb (used with object)

Instagrammed, Instagramming
  1. to post (a photo or video) on the Instagram app.

    I’m Instagramming a video of the whole family enjoying the Mickey Mouse birthday cake.

    This garden is one of the sights most frequently Instagrammed by visitors to our city.

noun

  1. a photo or video posted on the Instagram app.

    Oh, not another Instagram of her and her new puppy!

Other Word Forms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The “Flight Attendant” star on Wednesday posted on Instagram that she and the Emmy-winning “Task” actor recently welcomed their second daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

After Barry scored against Hull last weekend, he posted on his Instagram that he was "still learning".

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The alleged perpetrator was “chased out of the building” and “no one affiliated with AEPi was involved or complicit with this incident,” according to an AEPi statement posted on Instagram.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

While Boyega and Heckard have kept mum about their relationship, Heckard appears to have confirmed their marriage: She has changed her name on her Instagram account to Tae Boyega.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Peck opens up Instagram, goes on Rufus’s profile, and is pissed to find more comments from Aimee saying how much she misses him.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Music was central to two contemporary Dada sculptures, which are also sure to be among the most Instagrammed works this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

When he won, Johnson made Truss trade secretary, a role in which she Instagrammed her way around the world signing post-Brexit trade deals and raising her profile.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

Diana's strawberry rose smoothing made with my yogurt became the most Instagrammed snack of that year's event.

From Salon ● May 19, 2022

Maybe it’s a finger-shaped lime with juice vesicles that look like caviar; maybe it’s a ham-hued pineapple, engineered by Del Monte to be Instagrammed.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

“The barista drew a cat that you could’ve Instagrammed, but it got messed up.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

This is the new Gossip Girl: one in which you might overhear the word “privilege,” but coming from a group of teens Instagramming themselves while holding court at Frenchette.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2021

Perhaps it’s the notion that, with our now-vast population, not to mention the Curse of Instagramming, strikingly cool outdoor haunts are just going to be much more heavily peopled in our present and future.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2021

That part of 16th Street dead-ends at Lafayette Square, the iconic park in front of the White House usually filled with lunching wonks and Instagramming tourists.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020

Over the years, Mr. Sitner has served clientele from aging hippies to Instagramming millennials, and all political persuasions.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2020

But Ai Weiwei is also known for, say, Instagramming pictures of his meatball dinner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com